timestatic

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[–] timestatic@feddit.org 8 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

How did spotify create the problem of AI music becoming reality? They are basically a platform. I get disliking their business model (even if i don't share that opinion) but spotify did not create AI music generation. This is factually wrong

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 9 points 7 hours ago

I think many employees close to Altman also went to strike or theaten to leave. But I think he's bad for the (now) company. They should've stayed non-profit

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 10 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Back then they were still deep into research and the Open part in their name actually meant something. I don't like much about Musk but I feel like its true that they deceived people that supported their initial mission just to go private when the market went haywire for AI. I feel like them shedding their non-profit status shouldn't have been an option as so many people donated to them in good faith

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 1 points 7 hours ago

Im also european but even in rural areas you tend to not have to drive american distances as often. Americans often consider anything below 3h drive a short drive (crazy right?)

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

What i said duh

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I mean it kinda depends. If too much company money is spent on fake net traffic companies will see online ads with google arent working properly and be less willing to give them money. But it would have to become a real issue. one single person cant really break the system

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Even if you got the full 1k that would never be enough to survive. Maybe a yearly stimulus check

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago

I mean they still serve it the way they fuck over their customers

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 69 points 2 days ago

This is just an illustration and has nothing to do with the actual situation. Life vests are free in emergency. You're making a fuss over nothing.

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah thats basically the answer summed up in a wikipedia article

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 10 points 2 days ago

Honestly this is just basic economics. If theres less supply but the demand stays the same the prices will continue rising until the demand matches the supply. If you for example say "I will have to buy gas to commute no matter what to make it to work" and many people use fuel like that it will shorten supply and make the prices go higher until people use up less fuel. Ofc I know oil is used for more than just fuel for cars to commute but this is just an illustration.

Thats also why subsidizing the prices directly is highly ineffective as it doesn't actually mean there is more supply on the market and no incentive to save money. If people use a more limited supply of oil as if it was much as there is normally this will spike the prices again until supply and demand match again. Most likely direct subsidies go directly to the oil companies. And if many countries do this it turns into a bidding contest basically where every (except the oil companies that still supply) lose

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Or discourse on German ever-late high speed trains

 

I know Wero is still in its infancy and the digital Euro is still a few years away, even if you believe there'll be no delays. But depending on where you live you can already do a lot for EU financial independence.

  • Use cash (very easy but not ideal in many situations/online)
  • Use a national payment providers:
    • Germany 🇩🇪: Girocard
    • Netherlands 🇳🇱: iDEAL
    • France 🇫🇷: Cartes Bancaires
    • Poland 🇵🇱: BLIK
    • Italy 🇮🇹:Bancomat/PagoBancomat
    • Many other options, check for your country
  • Use SEPA direct debit mandate or wire money directly if you can
  • Sign up to a european crypto exchange and use it for direct purchases. although I get if you don't like crypto but this is just for direct purchases

Otherwise American Payment providers usually get at least 1% and if you use card payment a lot over time that can really add up. This also mostly makes sense when buying from a european company. For US companies it really doesn't matter much. I've been trying to replace Amazon with Otto and I use SEPA direct debit mandate to avoid fees.

 

Since I was curious I checked the actual amount of upvotes and downvotes of my post on mbin. It got 56 upvotes and 66 downvotes according to them since I was curious. Seems I hurt their little ego when I mentioned blocking their instance.

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